"a dilemma for Williams; does he stay on at the camp, or does he marry Ling Soo? Eventually, he reluctantly chooses his profession and his relationship is not mentioned again. The Inspector is the head of police in Deolali, who warns Colonel Reynolds and Captain Ashwood on a few occasions when the locals are rioting, demanding that the British go home. Me Thant is a Burmese smuggler, who is bribed by GHQ at 20 pieces of gold a week to keep from assaulting and keeping away from the local British troops. Later on, he challenges Sergeant Major Williams to a"
"not of broadcast quality, but are included as extras on the series 1 DVD. Because ""It Ain't Half Hot"" Mum was a sitcom about a concert party, many old music hall, musical and traditional songs were performed by the actors, including: Don Estelle and Windsor Davies released two in-character performances as singles. The first, ""Whispering Grass"" reached number one in the British singles chart for three weeks from 7 June 1975. The second ""Paper Doll"" reached number forty one later that year.. They also recorded a top 10 LP called ""Sing Lofty"" It Ain't Half Hot Mum It Ain't Half"
"Pickfords man in one episode (1969) and an ARP Warden called Gerald in three more (1970). He eventually landed the role of Gunner ""Lofty"" Sugden in the British sitcom, ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" which was first broadcast in 1974 and ran until 1981. Windsor Davies often took the micky out of Lofty in the episodes. The character was given the ironic nickname of ""Lofty"" because of Estelle's short stature. Estelle had a powerful tenor voice, and had a Number 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1975 with a semi-comic version of ""Whispering Grass"", followed by a cover"
"miner and a teacher at Mountside School for Boys in Leek, Staffordshire and did national service in Libya and Egypt with the East Surrey Regiment between 1950-1952 before deciding to become an actor. Davies' best known role was as Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the British sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" (1974–81). Among his catchphrases was ""Shut Up!!"", delivered as an eardrum-shattering military scream. Another phrase was ""Oh dear, how sad, never mind"", delivered in a dry, ironic manner, and used when others around him had problems. Davies and co-star Don Estelle had a number one hit in the"
"John Clegg (actor) John Walter Lawrence Clegg (born 9 July 1934) is an Indian-born English actor best known for playing the part of 'Mr. La-di-da' Gunner ""Paderewski"" Graham in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"". His first television role was DC Greaves in ""Dixon of Dock Green"" in 1961. He has most recently been seen in the film ""Death in Holy Orders"" in 2003 as the character Father John Betterton. Clegg married actress Mavis Pugh in 1959. Pugh appeared in various Croft and Perry sitcoms including ""Dad's Army"" and ""You Rang, M'Lord?"", as well as ""It Ain't Half"
"a liver transplant. Unfortunately he became too weak for doctors to operate. Estelle returned to the UK weeks before his death. He died in Rochdale Infirmary, on 2 August 2003 and was buried in Rochdale, with the oversized pith helmet he wore as Gunner ""Lofty"" Sugden. He was survived by his second wife Elizabeth. Don Estelle Don Estelle (22 May 1933 – 2 August 2003) was a British actor and singer best known as Gunner ""Lofty"" Sugden in ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"". Born Ronald Edwards in Crumpsall, Manchester, Lancashire, he was brought up in a house on Russell Street,"
"the Grand Order of Water Rats and in 2004, was made King Rat. Melvyn Hayes Melvyn Hayes (born Melvyn Hyams, 11 January 1935) is an English actor known for playing the effeminate Gunner (later Bombardier) ""Gloria"" Beaumont in the 1970s BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"", and the Cliff Richard musical films ""The Young Ones"" and ""Summer Holiday"". Born in Wandsworth, London, Hayes attended Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys, Battersea. He was also in a theatrical troupe called Terry's Juveniles and his acting career stretches back to 1950 when he was ""disappearing twice daily for £4"
"featured regularly in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"", running from 3 January 1974 to 3 September 1981. It was set in the jungles of Burma and India during the Second World War and MacDonald played the character Gunner ""Nobby"" Clark, a member of a Royal Artillery Concert Party. He also had a minor part as Jacko's brother in the comedy series ""Brush Strokes"" which ran from 1986 - 1991, where he was married to the less than faithful Gloria When he landed the part of pub landlord Mike in the ""Only Fools and Horses"" episode ""Who's a"
"Donald Hewlett Donald Hewlett (30 August 19204 June 2011) was an English actor, born in Northenden, Manchester, Lancashire, and best known for his sitcom roles as Colonel Charles Reynolds in ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" and Lord Meldrum in ""You Rang, M'Lord?"", both written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. He also had a number of parts in British film and television productions. Hewlett was born into a wealthy family; his father Thomas Hewlett owned the Anchor Chemical Company which is based in Clayton, Manchester and is now a subsidiary of Air Products. He was the brother of Thomas Hewlett,"
"world, which is located in the city centre. The folk singer, comedian and broadcaster Mike Harding, was born in the area in 1944. Frontman for the pop band Freddie and the Dreamers, singer Freddie Garrity, was born in Crumpsall in 1936. The Moors murderer Myra Hindley was born in Crumpsall in 1942. Howard Jacobson was brought up in Crumpsall and some of his novels, ""Kalooki Nights"" and ""The Mighty Walzer"" feature descriptions of Jewish life in the area. Actor and singer Don Estelle (Gunner ""Lofty"" Sugden in It Ain't Half Hot Mum), real name Ronald Edwards, was born and brought"
"series ""Benidorm"" in November 2009 playing a character called Wink McAndrew. Stuart McGugan Stuart McGugan (born 2 March 1944) is a Scottish actor. McGugan was a presenter on BBC's ""Play School"", starting in 1975 (he regularly presented the programme for more than 10 years), and is well known for playing the roles of Bomba MacAteer in ""Tutti Frutti"", and Gunner 'Atlas' Mackintosh in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"". McGugan appeared as Gordon Stewart in two series of LWT's ""Wish Me Luck"" between 1988 and 1989, in ""The Chief"" as Chief Superintendent Sean McCloud from 1993 to 1994,"
"Rosemary King Rosemary King (also Oakwell and Sinclair) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Emmerdale"", played by Linda Thorson. She first appeared on 23 March 2006, before making her last appearance on 13 September 2007. Rosemary first appeared in early 2006. She is the mother of Alasdair (Ray Coulthard) and Grayson Sinclair (Christopher Villiers), and her family was very wealthy. The last member of the Sinclair family to be introduced, she disapproved of Alasdair's fiancée Sadie King (Patsy Kensit). Rosemary was born of Oakwell family which had been aristocrats of Emmerdale for long time but they"
"part of Lincoln Green in ""Orders are Orders"" (1954). His television appearances included ""The Ronnie Corbett Show"", ""The Ronnie Barker Playhouse"", ""The Saint"", ""The Avengers"", ""The Dick Emery Show"" and the ""Doctor Who"" story ""The Claws of Axos"" (1971). However, he gained his most prominent role in the Croft and Perry sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" (1974–81) as Colonel Charles Reynolds. He was cast with fellow actor Michael Knowles in another David Croft sitcom, the sci-fi parody ""Come Back Mrs. Noah"" (1977–78), and later with the successful ""You Rang, M'Lord?"" (1988–93) as George, Lord Meldrum. Other roles included 'Winkworth'"
"Michael Knowles (actor) Michael Knowles (born 1937) is an English actor and scriptwriter. He is best known for his roles in BBC sitcoms written by David Croft and Jimmy Perry. Knowles attended Bemrose Grammar School for Boys, Derby (now Bemrose School), where he stayed on into the 6th form and played the lead role in the school’s production of Shakespeare's ""Henry V."" Knowles is best known for his role as Captain Jonathan Ashwood in the 1970s sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" (1974–81). He also played The Honourable Teddy Meldrum in the BBC comedy drama ""You Rang, M'Lord?"" (1988–93), and"
"It Ain't Half Hot Mum It Ain't Half Hot Mum is a BBC television sitcom, about the adventures of a Royal Artillery Concert Party, broadcast on the BBC between 1974 and 1981, and written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. It was set in India and Burma, during the last months of the Second World War, starting just prior to V-E Day in 1945 (the German surrender is announced in an early episode). ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" was the second of the three sitcom series co-written by David Croft set in the Second World War, the first being ""Dad's"
"in the successful sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"". It reached number 41 in the UK Singles Chart in 1975. Much like their earlier cover of ""Whispering Grass"" the record was sung in character. It has appeared in various films and in the British television miniseries ""The Singing Detective"". Four lines of it are sung by Rodolfo in the first act of Arthur Miller's play ""A View from the Bridge"". It is also referenced in stage directions of the third scene of Tennessee Williams' play ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". The song was written in 1915 (although it was not published"
"died 1992). He was the father of Jacqueline Mitchell and actor Christopher Mitchell, most notable for his role in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"". His son Christopher predeceased him by a month. Norman Mitchell Norman Mitchell Driver (27 August 1918 – 19 March 2001), known professionally as Norman Mitchell, was an English television, stage and film actor. Born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, his father was a mining engineer and his mother a concert singer. He attended Carterknowle Grammar School and the University of Sheffield, before appearing in repertory theatre and with the Royal Shakespeare Company."
"Vic Windsor Victor ""Vic"" Windsor is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Emmerdale"", played by Alun Lewis for a period of five years, from 1993 until 1998. Vic was the second husband of shopkeeper, Viv Windsor (Deena Payne), and also father of Kelly Windsor (Adele Silva) and Donna Windsor (Verity Rushworth). He was killed off in an armed robbery by Billy Hopwood (David Crellin) on Christmas Day 1998. Vic and Viv had married in 1984, with both of them having been previously married. Vic had started an affair with Viv whilst he was still married to his"
"Hot Mum"" and ""Are You Being Served?"". He also once had a one-man show playing Rudyard Kipling at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. John Clegg (actor) John Walter Lawrence Clegg (born 9 July 1934) is an Indian-born English actor best known for playing the part of 'Mr. La-di-da' Gunner ""Paderewski"" Graham in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"". His first television role was DC Greaves in ""Dixon of Dock Green"" in 1961. He has most recently been seen in the film ""Death in Holy Orders"" in 2003 as the character Father John Betterton. Clegg married actress Mavis Pugh in"
"Melvyn Hayes Melvyn Hayes (born Melvyn Hyams, 11 January 1935) is an English actor known for playing the effeminate Gunner (later Bombardier) ""Gloria"" Beaumont in the 1970s BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"", and the Cliff Richard musical films ""The Young Ones"" and ""Summer Holiday"". Born in Wandsworth, London, Hayes attended Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys, Battersea. He was also in a theatrical troupe called Terry's Juveniles and his acting career stretches back to 1950 when he was ""disappearing twice daily for £4 per week"" performing the indian rope trick in Maskelyne's Mysteries at the Comedy"
"before his father, actor Norman Mitchell, and in the same year as his fellow gunner and fellow ""Only Fools and Horses"" actor Kenneth MacDonald, who died of a heart attack aged 50. Christopher Mitchell (actor) Christopher Mitchell (21 May 1947 – 22 February 2001) was a British actor most notable for his role in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" as Gunner Nigel 'Parky' Parkin. His film credits include ""Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush"" (1967), ""This, That and the Other"" (1969), ""The Sex Thief"" (1973) and ""What's Up Superdoc!"" (1978). He appeared in two episodes of"
"only boy in the group, he was therefore sure of a place in their productions at the local venues. A fellow dancer was his sister Anne (Lewin), a ballerina and West End dancer who would later become a Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force. His secondary education was at The Paston School, North Walsham (whose most distinguished former pupil was Horatio Nelson). As a teenager during the Second World War he entertained allied troops and met David Croft who later wrote ""Dad's Army"" and ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" for the BBC. After a series of acting and other"
"is the daughter of Vic (Alun Lewis) and Anne Windsor. Kelly, for a long time, didn't know that Anne had died after catching Vic in bed with Viv Dawson (Deena Payne) . Horrified, she ran outside and was hit by a car as she was too upset to look where she was going. As Kelly did not know this, she loved Viv like a mother. Kelly gained a stepbrother, Scott Windsor (Toby Cockerell), Viv's son from her first marriage, and a half-sister, Donna (Sophie Jeffery), from Vic and Viv's marriage. Kelly arrives in the village in August 1993 with her"
"problems, but faced weeks of recuperation. Sophie Winkleman Sophie Winkleman (born 5 August 1980) is an English actress. She is the wife of Lord Frederick Windsor, son of Queen Elizabeth II's first cousin Prince Michael of Kent, and as such is also known as Lady Frederick Windsor. Winkleman was born in Primrose Hill, London. Her father, Barry Winkleman, published the ""Times Atlas of World History"", her mother is the children's author Cindy Black, and her half-sister by her father's first marriage is the television presenter Claudia Winkleman. Sophie Winkleman was educated at the City of London School for Girls and"
"Stuart McGugan Stuart McGugan (born 2 March 1944) is a Scottish actor. McGugan was a presenter on BBC's ""Play School"", starting in 1975 (he regularly presented the programme for more than 10 years), and is well known for playing the roles of Bomba MacAteer in ""Tutti Frutti"", and Gunner 'Atlas' Mackintosh in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"". McGugan appeared as Gordon Stewart in two series of LWT's ""Wish Me Luck"" between 1988 and 1989, in ""The Chief"" as Chief Superintendent Sean McCloud from 1993 to 1994, then in the mid 1990s was the pub owner Barney Meldrum"
"a reputed family from Old Dacca. His father was Golam Merajuddin Shafeek, whose occupation was listed as ""sugar technologist"". After leaving school, he attended Dacca University and graduated with a BA. Shafeek was involved with amateur theatre in Dacca and, after emigrating to England in 1958, enrolled at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first film role was as 'Akbar' in the film ""The Long Duel"" (1967), starring Yul Brynner. ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" was a BBC comedy series written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the creators of ""Dad's Army"". Set in World War II British"
"down the chance to return to ""Emmerdale"" for a guest stint. Silva decided not to return after discovering she was pregnant with her first child. Had she have returned, Kelly would be seen attending her half-sister, Donna Windsor's (Verity Rushworth) funeral. Kelly Windsor Kelly Windsor (also Glover) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Emmerdale"", played by Adele Silva. The character first appeared on 10 August 1993. Silva portrayed her from August 1993 until November 2000. In February 2005, it was announced that Silva would be reprising her role and she returned in June 2005. Silva left"
"2012, the village held a memorial service in memory to both Viv and Terry to mark their respects. Viv was introduced in 1993 as part of the new Windsor family introduced by series producer Nicholas Prosser, who cast Payne in the role. Payne had started out as a dancer She trained with raunchy Hot Gossip's choreographer, Arlene Phillips, performed in stage musicals and was a member of the band Cats U.K., as well as singing with pop stars such as Alan Price and B. A. Robertson. In 1992, Payne had her first child, William. He was still a baby when"
"Christopher Mitchell (actor) Christopher Mitchell (21 May 1947 – 22 February 2001) was a British actor most notable for his role in the BBC sitcom ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" as Gunner Nigel 'Parky' Parkin. His film credits include ""Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush"" (1967), ""This, That and the Other"" (1969), ""The Sex Thief"" (1973) and ""What's Up Superdoc!"" (1978). He appeared in two episodes of ""Only Fools and Horses"" (May the Force Be With You; 1983 and To Hull and Back; 1985), playing policeman Terry Hoskins. He died from cancer at the age of 53, a month"
"where much of the action takes place is The Palace Theatre on Clarendon Road in Watford, Hertfordshire. At the time of filming, the theatre was being run by Jimmy Perry (creator of ""Dad's Army"", ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" and ""Hi-de-Hi!"") and his wife Gilda. The YMCA where Mr Stringer is staying and where Miss Marple meets him in the grounds to discuss her progress in the investigation – supposedly near the Palace Theatre where the Cosgood Players are performing, and their lodging house nearby – is actually Memorial Park in Pinner, in what is now the London Borough of"
"Ross that she loves him. Donna then handcuffs herself to Gary and throws them both off the rooftop to their deaths. Donna's funeral takes place on 28 August 2014 and she is buried next to her father, Vic, in the village churchyard. The character was introduced as part of the new Windsor family in 1993, by series producer Nicholas Prosser. Prosser cast Sophie Jeffery in the role. Donna is the only daughter of Viv (Deena Payne) and Vic Windsor (Alun Lewis). Donna was a little spoilt as a young child, often getting her own way but she was not as"
"Sophie Winkleman Sophie Winkleman (born 5 August 1980) is an English actress. She is the wife of Lord Frederick Windsor, son of Queen Elizabeth II's first cousin Prince Michael of Kent, and as such is also known as Lady Frederick Windsor. Winkleman was born in Primrose Hill, London. Her father, Barry Winkleman, published the ""Times Atlas of World History"", her mother is the children's author Cindy Black, and her half-sister by her father's first marriage is the television presenter Claudia Winkleman. Sophie Winkleman was educated at the City of London School for Girls and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she"
"Don Estelle Don Estelle (22 May 1933 – 2 August 2003) was a British actor and singer best known as Gunner ""Lofty"" Sugden in ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"". Born Ronald Edwards in Crumpsall, Manchester, Lancashire, he was brought up in a house on Russell Street, Crumpsall. During the Second World War, at the age of eight, he was evacuated to Darwen, Lancashire, twenty miles from his home, to escape the German bombing of the city. It was there he found his voice as a treble at the local Holy Trinity Parish Church, and on returning home after the war,"